Brassiere with breast straps having adjustment at sides



Sept. 1, 1953 2,6505363 BRASSIERE WITH BREAST sTRAPs HAVING ADJUSTMENTAT SIDES J. J. LO CASCIO Patented Sept. 1, 1953 BRASSIRE WITH BREASTSTRAPS HAVING ADJUSTMENT AT SIDES Jack J. Lo Cascio, Bayonne, N. J.,assignor to Even-Pnl Foundations, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporationof New York Application April 2, 1951, Serial N o. 218,775

(Cl. ,Q -42) 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to new and useful im- Drovements and structuralrefinements in brassires, and the principal object of the invention isto provide a brassire having breast pockets equipped with breastsupporting straps for the purpose of imparting proper contour and upliftto the breasts, an important feature ofthe invention residing in theprovision of means at the opposite sides of the brassire for adjustingthe breast supporting straps, so as to vary the degree of uplift whichis imparted thereby to the breasts.

Another feature of the invention resides in the specific construction ofthe breast supporting straps which are elastic to facilitate a certainamount of stretching, but which also include protective means tosafeguard against any possibility of pinching the skin when the strapsare partly r fully contracted.

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its extreme simplicityof construction, in its convenient and expeditious adjustability, in itspleasing appearance, and in its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specificationproceeds, the invention consists essentially in the arrangement andconstruction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure l is a perspective View of the invention in use;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary inside elevational View of the invention perse;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional detail, taken substantially in theplane of the line 3-3 in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken substantially in theplane of the line 4-4 in Figure l; and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional detail, taken substantially in theplane of the line 5 5 in Figure 2.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several Views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the inventionconsists of a brassire which is designated generally by the referencecharacter I0 and embodies in its construction a front portion or sectionI2 including a pair of breast cups I4 connected together at the centerof the front portion by a vertical strip member I6, the outer side edgesof the breast cups I4, in turn, being connected by elastic inserts I8 to2 a pair of side portions or sections 2U which extend around the sidesto the back of the brassire and are suitably connected together.

A pair of elastic straps 22 are disposed in lower portions of therespective breast cups I 4 and have inner ends thereof stitched to thevertical strip member IS of the brassire front portion I2, the straps 22extending downwardly and laterally across the respective breast cups andthel inserts I8 at the inside of the brassire, but outer end portions ofthe straps 22 project outwardly from the brassire through vertical slots24 with which the side portions 20 are provided, as shown.

Adjustable fastener means are employed for connecting the outer ends ofthe straps 22 to the side portions 20, these fastener means preferablybeing of the type disclosed in Patent No. 2,437,- 765, granted to N.Statham on March 16, 1948. The adjustable slide 2E of the fastener meansis provided at the outer end of each strap 22 for sliding movement onthe fastener track 28 which is provided on a strip-like base 30 stitchedbetween the inner and outer walls 32, 34, respectively, of the sideportions 2'0, as is best shown in Figure 4. The outer walls 34 of theside portions 20 are slotted so as to expose the fastener tracks 28, andit will be apparent from the foregoing that by simply adjusting theposition of the fastener slides 2S on the tracks 28, the tension of thestraps 22 may be varied accordingly, thereby proportionately increasingcr decreasing the shaping action or uplift imparted by the straps 22 tothe breasts. By virtue of the usual configuration of the breast cups I4,the straps 22 actually underlie the breasts so that proper upliftingeffect is achieved.

Attention is now particularly directed to the specific construction ofthe straps 22, each consisting of a stretchable elastic band 36 which iscompletely enclosed in a stretchable, textile jacket 38. The jacket 38may either be at tubular in form, or may be in the nature of a stripwhich is wrapped around the band 316 and has its longitudinal edgesstitched together as Well as to the band, as indicated at 40 in Figure5.

In any event, while the jacket is being applied to the elastic band, theelastic band is fully contracted and the jacket is applied thereto inits fully contracted form, the walls of the jacket being continuouslyflat. Then, when the strap assembly is stretched, the jacket stretcheswith the elastic band, while preserving its flat continuity, so thatwhen the strap assembly is ultimately returned to its contracted form,no shirring of the jacket takes place.

The jacket 3B is preferably in the nature of jersey material, or thelike, which, while preserving its at form during expansion andstretching, prevents any possibility of pinching of the skin by elasticor shirring action.

It may be noted that while in the instant invention the straps 22v ofthis specific construction are disclosed in association with a brassire,such straps may also be employed in other similar environments, Whereveran elastic band is used so as to come in contact with the skin,`

It is believed that the advantages and; use of the invention will beclearly understood from the foregoing disclosure, and, accordingly;further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

Having described the invention, whatis, claimed@v a-s new is:

A brassire including a front section comprising a pair of breast cupshaving contiguous inner edges thereof'` secured togetherfby a verticallineo stitching, a pair of elastic inserts secured to theouter edgesrofthe respective breast cups, a pair ofside sectionssecured to therespective inserts. and extending around the sides tothe back of thebrassire, frontvedge portions of said rsidecsections beingy providedadjacent their lower edges with a pair of vertical slots, a pair ofelas- JACK J. LO CASCIO.

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